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ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN'T
France, 1977
Directed by Agnès Varda
Starring Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Ali Rafie, Robert Dadiès
In French with English subtitles
Approx. 121 min.
A milestone in women’s filmmaking, ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T opened the New York Film Festival and was a hit throughout Europe and the U.S. Though it deals with issues including women’s rights and abortion, it is not a polemical film. Varda follows an evolving and changing friendship between two women who share—and one does sing about—their differing experiences with children, men, marriage, careers, parenting, and the shifting political landscapes of the 1960s and 1970s.
Presented with support from The George Fasel Memorial Fund for Classic French Cinema
Preceded by
Women Reply
France, 1975
Directed by Agnès Varda
In French with English subtitles
8 mins.
Before filming ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T, Varda made this short film, interviewing a wide range of women about their experiences of the mixed expectations that society places upon them.
Reviews
“ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T achieves the impossible. It is first-rate feminist art... With this graceful mixture of feminist fiction, musical comedy, and social documentary, Varda does for the spirit of sorority what the films of Renoir and Truffaut have done for the spirit of fraternity.”
– Molly Haskell, New York Magazine